Question

differentiate between soil creep movement and soil flow

Answer 1

The terms Soil creep,soil flow,land slide all these known as mass moment, means moment of weather mass due to gravitational force (or) we can say the differential combination of soil, water, topography and gravity causes the soil creep ,soil flow etc.

Now we can differentiate what is soil creep and what is soil flow.

Soil creep:

Soil creep is slow movement of soil along the slope. Slope is very gentle and movement is very slow. This happen due to daily expansion and contraction of soil particles. This make terrace like features.

Soil creep is continuous.

Soil ceep is extremely slow movement.

Soil Creep is highly imperceptible phenomena and can be discerned by extended.

Soil Creep is purely function of gravity.

Soil Creep occurs at low-gradient slope .

Soil flow:

Soil flow is faster movement of material along moderate or step slope. This mass movement happen in presence of water. This happen due to saturation of soil over an impermeable layer of soil.

soil flow and land slides are seasonal and not regular.

Soil flow fast and landslide very fast movement.

Soil flow depends on gravity as well as amount of water .

Soil flow depends on the speed of water and slope.

Soil flow and landslides over high-gradient slope.

So all these are difference between soil creep and soil flow.Hope it's a good answer for your question.

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Answer 2

Soil flow and soil creep both are a type of mass movement where the eroded rock debris travel down a gradient or slope in the presence or absence of water due to gravitational force.

Soil creep is a regular process where the rock debris after getting eroded flows down the hill or the slope. As erosion is a continuous process so is the soil creep. This mainly happens over a gentle hill slope where the eroded materials are tiny. It is very slow process entirely due to the force of gravity.

Soil flow on the other hand is the flow of a huge amount of rock debris down the slope. This flow is occasionally mainly during the presence of water. It happens in a steep slope and is harmful for the natives. Along with mixing with water the gravitation force that acts on it highly because of the steep slope is also responsible for the very fast movement of the soil flow.